Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-01-06

The following from the Inter Ocean,
will be fully appreciated as the best ex-
ponent of the character of Logan yet pre-
scented:
The life of John A Logan was an
open book, in which friend and foe alike
could read the character of the man.
Frank, fearless, sincere, he sought to con-
ceal nothing, borrowed nothing from fiat
terry. claimed nothing for himself his
deeds did not win for him, took nothing
from the fame Of others, gave every man
his due--a knight of the olden time,
strong-armed, true hearted, pure in mind
without reproach. He was product OF
the West, and drank in the soul Of the
West as few others have done. His
spirit was as broad in it's readings as
the prairies that stretched around him at
his birth, as strong. as vigorous, as un-
bridled az the wind that swept over them
He was restless TO do, tireless in doing.
! The bold, picturesque soldier at the head
OF his troops, cheering them forward to
battle; the striking figure of the states
man. stalwart leader among most the
brilliant legislators of the nation; the
commanding. eloquent speaker pouring
flood of imprisoned oratory into the
ears of an admiring,applauding multi
tude; the calm, confident presence of the
man. genial in the admiring circle of ia
milinr friends-W Western all splendidly
true to nature. superb type of the thor
ough American.
III could such one be spared. To-
day his death is previously mourned, but
the loss to the country is not yet appreci.
ated. When the heart weeps the mind
| is numb, and the mourners take not now
account in full of their bereavement. In
the hour of his lusty power, his strong
| forward force, when unbroken health
gave to his exalted ambition the promise
of success, rival interests and competing
hopes took something from hissingleness,
and made lesser men seem to be his
equals. Now that he is gone, the ques-
ton, sad, not invidious, sorrowful, not
ungenerous, may well be asked through
out the anxious land, "Who of the living
might not have been spared easier than
this dead chieftain? Where is the ac-
tive, energetic spirit his compeer-this
vital factor of the Senate, this strong man
before the people?" IN truth, as one who
knew him long and well said with regret
full tenderness, The was one of the ables,
of men," ready and able to MAINTAIN bis
fixed opinions, earnest, capable, straight
forward, and, withal, az companionable
as he was sagacious, as generous rs he
was brave.
As party man bis worth yearly aug
menting, was such that his death will
seem to some like the removal;of the main
pillar of the edifice; as a patriot his in
fiuence was vaster than himself could
have believed; as citizen he was an ex-
ample of the noblest in LOYALTY and
honor; as husband and as father he
gave society pattern of purity, devotion
tenderness, manhood. Such were the
results of character Ms conscientiously
nodded as II was sslf-reliant, mind so
endowed that, without the nicer benefits
Of finished education, rose TO a resplen-
dent height and achieved the mastery OF
Of superior advantages.
As the man will live in the history #
his country, the character ofthe man will
live in the hearts of his countrymen Is
long as the nation shall exist, continu-
Gus influence, though impreceptible; an
element of incalculable good, though ST. |
lently working: for, like the waves of |
sound that reach out to in6nity, pnlsing |
against the farthermost limits of time.
the benefcenee of a true man born into |
the world is illlmitable, ever surviving, |
ever vivifying the germs of greatness |
that fall into succeeding generations.